Liddell v. Board of Education

HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

This matter comes before this Court on appeals by the Board of Education of the City of St. Louis (City Board) and the State of Missouri (State). The NAACP and the Liddell plaintiffs file briefs on the question of class size in the nonintegrated elementary and middle schools in the City of St. Louis.

Several issues are raised on appeal, the most important being: (1) the class size in the nonintegrated elementary and middle schools; (2) implementation of the magnet *825school program; (3) increased state funding for a group of special programs titled “A Components in Effect;”…